The WWIMB was founded by Mrs. Fazal Khan, who has lived in Canada for over thirty eight years, and is reputed in the South Asian-Muslim community as "amongst the most trustworthy matchmakers in North America". Mrs. Fazal Khan hails from a notable Urdu speaking Muslim family from Hyderabad, Deccan. Her father, Syed Yusufuddin founded Hyderabad, Deccan`s first Urdu newspaper the Rahnuma e-Deccan. Syed Yusufuddin and his family are mentioned in the book Nobles of Hyderabad; which contains the names and brief histories of the leading forty noble families of Hyderabad, Deccan.